Once again Memorial has made history this year. A HUGE #158Strong congratulations to our record five students who qualified for the State Science Fair at Regionals this past weekend: Annika Biegel, Ainsley Grant, Ryleigh Lafferty, Esmeralda Spencer, and Angel Urquizo! This is the most we've ever had in one year. #MightyMustangs Morgan Kleidon, Angel Ruiz, Godiva Torsjo, and Ezra Vitale also represented Lansing at the event. We'd like to give a shoutout to 8th Grade Assistant Principal Mr. Paredes, as well, who came to support our students and helped judge during the day. It's another great day to be a Mustang!
Lansing School District 158 has a new logo! Please let us know what you think. We are planning to update our school logos in the future, as well. #158Strong
Today Oak Glen kicked-off their Inaugural School-Wide Book Study of Charlotte's Web! Mr. Earnshaw read Ch. 1 to the entire school.
Jade Johnson, a fourth grade student in Mr. Peterson’s class, led the Oak Glen morning announcements by sharing one of her favorite motivational quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.!
#OakGlenGrizzlies Bedtime Story Night is always a success! Love seeing our #158Strong families, staff, and the Lansing Police Department come together for a night of reading. This is the 13th year we've been running this event!
Attention #158Strong Parents/Guardians: this year, we will be starting early online registration in March! The PowerSchool registration portal will be available online starting March 1, 2020 and remain open through March 31, 2020. Discounted registration fees will only be available during this time. Please register your student(s) online in March to take advantage of this discount and reserve your spot for next school year! You are welcome to contact the office of your child's school with any questions.
Reavis 5th Grade students in Ms. Palermo's and Ms. Kruk's class prepare project boards for their Black History Month presentations. In addition to the classroom presentations, students will be putting on a "Live" Wax Museum presentation for the school and parents during one of the Black History Month school-wide presentation assemblies at Reavis this week. #RoadrunnerPride
Who says students are too old to be read to? Here's Ms. Osman reading Ch. 16 of "Restart" to her fifth graders and facilitating discussion on static and dynamic characters! #OakGlenGrizzlies
Congratulations to the 4th Grade Reavis Newscast Team for getting recognized at our February 19 School Board Meeting and showing their #RoadrunnerPride! Ms. Orlando and Mr. Cieplucha have successfully produced 20 news videos with this group since 2016. You can access the Reavis newscasts by visiting www.d158.net/o/wcres, clicking on Menu, and going to Videos. Happy watching!
In honor of Black History Month, Mrs. DiGrispino's Songs of Peace students from Coolidge and Oak Glen performed in a Parent Night and a school assembly last week. The students sang several songs in addition to reenacting what happened to Rosa Parks and the bus boycott that followed.
TF South students of Mrs. Brown-Brooks and Coolidge parents volunteered to teach all of our students about financial literacy and about what it means to be an entrepreneur. Junior Achievement sponsored this event by supplying training and materials for all of the volunteers!
Nothing but collaboration, encouragement, and risk taking happening while Ms. Bown's 5th graders learn! #OakGlenGrizzlies
Coolidge students enjoyed exchanging Valentine’s Day cards with their classmates and also had fun making crafts and playing games during their class parties. Many thanks to the Coolidge PTA and all of our parent volunteers!
Memorial's 8th Grade Parent Information Night was a big success! Despite the cold, we had over 150 parents attend for a standing room only crowd. A special shoutout to our #158Strong Interpreter Mrs. Boshears, who translated for the families in attendance. #MightyMustangs
The students at Lester Crawl School celebrated Valentine’s Day by taking an all-school field trip to Funflatables. It was an enjoyable way to celebrate friendship and to get some exercise on a cold February day.
Ms. Toppmeyer teaching Ms. Dominiak's kindergarteners about filling others' buckets.
Oak Glen Teachers Katie Larson and Karrie White provide information on researched based mathematical teaching strategies to teachers during the Governor's State University mentor program session at Reavis Elementary School. Teachers from multiple districts across the South Suburban region participated in the professional development sessions.
Mrs. Fry is always ensuring our students are understanding their learning. #OakGlenGrizzlies
Students at Reavis Elementary School demonstrate the skills they learned at using a pottery wheel during Art class. #RoadrunnerPride
